? Obs. [SWALLOW sb.1 Cf. G. wasserschwalbe.] A name for the water-wagtail.

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1544.  Turner, Avium Præcip., C 7 b. Κιγκλος, ῆ σεισοπυγίς, Anglice a water swallow.

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1552, 1668.  [see SWALLOW sb.1].

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1611.  Cotgr., Batemare, a wagtayle, or water Swallow.

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1658.  Willsford, Natures Secr., 140. The Wagtail, or Water-Swallow.

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1706.  Phillips (ed. Kersey), Water-Swallow, a kind of Bird.

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